Band 39 Rotary Kant A
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The tape is
in a self-made stapled carton box on an AGFA spool speed 9,5 and 4,75 cm/sec.
On the box is written that on side A there is modern music and that on Side B
there are Nose Piercing Dances, that are dances and songs connected to the
ritual of Nose Piercing and is often part of initiation rites. The locality
mentioned is Kaptiau in the Sarmi area. Further choir songs Hai Tanakuh Papua, songs
from Tahiti, bird calls and Jazz. In the box was also a note with written on it
Song, drum, talking, mouth harp, one man talks, the choir song Dari Ombak, one
man sings good others join in (goodbye Biak) and the second side radio lecture.
Side A starts with group songs and tifa, at 6’00 The Choir song Hai Tanakuh
follows, at 7’52 follows a few songs in pacific guitar band style, probably
recorded from the radio, at 13’25 follow nature sounds, voices, traffic till
the end. On side B it starts with African rhythms, followed by modern classical
music, Indian sitar, more modern classical, gamelan, more modern classical and
early electronic music and when the speed changes to 4,75 cm/sec pop music recorded
from a radio broadcast, forbidden city by John Buck and his Blazers, WB 5194
from 1960.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural
Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact
huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl
If you need to listen to side B email to Pace at the above email addresses.
Side A is 15’11 and Side B is 16’19
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